02 November 2010
Rain
Words and music by Richard Homer
4/4, 93 bpm Intro G B flat C FG, G B flat C FG
G B flat C G
I wake up from a // post-lunch / kip
G B flat C G
to the hedgerow flowers / beginning / to / whip F
B flat C F
the cement mixer / working out / there F
B flat C F
keeping a rhythm in the / afternoon / air
GFGF
but the light is beginning / to // kow-tow
FG, FG, FG, FG
// ooh, // ooh, // ooh
The amplifier / lights are / watching / me
the breeze comes to / wake / up the / tree
picking up with // power / now
I push curtain back, the / rain joins in the / row
but the light is beginning to // kow-tow
a half-light in the // thickening / air
// ooh, // ooh, // ooh
Through the mosquito / netting / I / peer
at the rain now getting / into / high / gear
one empty lorry / bangs like a giant / wok
the workmen, no doubt, / watching the / clock
but the light is beginning to // kow-tow
a half-light in the // thickening / air
the rain in / full-flow / now
// ooh, // ooh, // ooh
In my mind, you’re on your / way / back to / me
with the rain, the kampung / roof, the / coconut / tree
the time is coming when I’ll / get away from / here
back home again but I / know you won’t be / near
but the light is beginning to // kow-tow
a half-light in the // thickening / air
the rain in / full-flow / now
you have a new one touching / your / hair
// ooh, // ooh, // ooh
In the wet lane, a / truck / goes / by,
on the tarmac, the // tyres / cry
I take your hand / by the harbour / quay
you touch my hair, / then kiss / me
but the light is beginning to // kow-tow
a half-light in the // thickening /air
the rain in / full-flow / now
you have a new one touching / your / hair
// ooh, // ooh, // ooh
Ch
B flat E flat
The rain has gone away, the / wind too
A flat C#
as if it they ran off to / be with you
B flat E flat
I’ll have lamb and potatoes / for my tea
A flat C#
thinking when you / were with me
GFGF
but now, / you’re not / here
GFGF
you, like the rain, / now are / gone
GFGF
I wait and think of when / you were / near
GFG
in an hour or two, the night / will come / on
FG, FG, FG, FG
// ooh, // ooh, // ooh
Ending
GFGF
but now, / you’re not / here
GFGF
you, like the rain, / now are / gone
GFGF
I wait and think of when / you were / near
GFG
in an hour or two, the night / will come / on
FG, FG, FG, FG
// ooh, // ooh, // ooh
20 August 2010
Ribut cinta
August 2010
Words and music by Richard Homer
4/4 110 bpm
Intro E2B2A2E2, E2A2B2, EBAEBE4, AEBE, AEBE2, B2
E2B2A2E2
Matahari / mahu / tidur // kini
E2A2B2, EBAEBE, AEBE, AEBE2, B2
hujan / lebat / datang // petang //// ini
AEAE, EBEB
// aku // melihat // burung // bernyanyi
AEAE, EBEB, B7B7B7B7,
// cahaya // berubah, // warna // pelangi,
E2B2A2, EAEBE4, B4
aku / fikir / tentang ///// anda / ooh
Matahari / sudah / pergi // kini
aku // berjalan di / hujan bahru // malam //// ini
aku // mendengar // ombak // membelai
pasir // hablur di // malam // pantai,
aku / fikir / tentang ///// anda / ooh
irama / hujan di / telinga / ku
cuaca / menyanyi / kini / kepada / ku
angin / membawa / langit / berang
ribut / petir, / kilat / terbang
aku / fikir / tentang ///// anda / ooh
Kini, / aku / tunggu di / tilam
aku // mendengar / ke // bunyi // malam
guntur, // kilat // pukul // hawa
pokok // berhujah, // awan // tawa,
aku / fikir / tentang ///// anda / ooh
Ribut // menjadi // perlahan
ku / dengar / awal //// keheningan
bintang // keluar // seperti // permata
mengamuk // mula // punyai // tata,
aku / fikir / tentang ///// anda / ooh
EAB, EAB, EAB, EEE, B,
E2BE2, A, E2BE2, A
Oh, / bunga / cinta, / oh, / bunga / ku
E2BE2 A, E2BE2, A
oh, / mana / anda, / oh, / aku / minta
EABE2, B
oh, / oh, / oh, / oh
A2BE2, B, A2BE2, B,
oh, / mana / aku / boleh / pergi / kini?
E2BE2, A, E2BE2, B, EABE4, B4, B74
ku / tunggu / sini, / mencari / bunga / cinta, //// ooh
E2BA2EB2, A2BE2, B,
Ribut //// cinta, / oh, / ribut ///// cinta
E2BA2EB2, A2B, EAB, EAB, EAB, EEB
Ribut //// cinta, / oh, / ribut ///// cinta